Don't know how to say soccer in Japanese? Want to learn how to speak basketball, baseball, volleyball and other sport-related words in the Japanese language? In this article we are going to see everything about sports in Japanese.
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list of sports in japanese
Our list of sports in Japanese is quite extensive, so we recommend using CTRL + F to find the name of the sport you want. It is worth remembering that some sports have more than one way of referring to themselves in Japanese, a way imported from another language and the traditional way with ideograms.
- Archery archery
- Archery Archery
- Ice hockey ice hockey
- American football American football
- アメリカンフットボール (amerikanfuttobōru) – American football
- Aerobics aerobics
- カーリング (kāringu) - Curling curling
- kayak kayak
- Cricket cricket
- クロスカントリースキー (kurossukantorīsukī) – cross country skiing
- Game match
- ゴルフ (gorufu) - Golf golf
- Cycling cycling
- サッカー (sakkā) - soccer football / soccer
- ジャンプ (janpu) - Jump jump
- シュノーケリング (shunōkeringu) - Snorkeling snorkeling
- Jogging Running
- シンクロナイズドスケーティング (shinkuronazudosukētingu) – synchronized figure skating
- スイミング (suimingu) - swimming swimming
- スキー (sukī) - Ski ski
- Skate skating
- スケートアグレッシブ (sukētoagureshivu) – aggressive skate
- スケートストリート (sukētosutorīto) - Skate Street street skateboard
- Skate park skate park
- Skateboarder skateboard
- Skateboard skateboard
- Skate running speed skating
- スノーシューティング (sunōshūtingu) - Snowshoeing ski shooting
- スノーシュート (sunōshūto) - Snowshoe alpine skiing
- Snowboard - snowboard
- Dancing Dance
- ダンススポーツ (dansusupōtsu) - dance sport
- tennis - sneakers
- tennis - Sneakers
- Triathlon triathlon
- Basketball basketball
- バドミントン (badominton) - Badminton badminton
- Volleyball Volleyball
- Volleyball Volleyball
- フットサル (futtosaru) - futsal futsal
- Breakdance Street dance
- French Bulldog beach volleyball
- Bowling bowling
- ボクシング (bokushingu) - Boxing boxing
- Hockey Hockey
- マラソン (marason) - Marathon Street race
- マラソン (marason) - Marathon Marathon
- Rugby rugby
- Rugby Rugby
- ラクロス (rakurosu) - Lacrosse lacrosse
- ラフティング (rafutingu) - Rafting rafting
- Running bullfight
- レスリング (resuringu) - Wrestling Wrestling
- Horseback riding Equitation/Equestrianism
- Gymnastics fitness
- Sports PE
- 卓球 (takkyuu) - Table tennis table tennis
- 将棋 (shōgi) - Japanese chess Shogi/Japanese Chess
- Shooting Gunfire
- swimming swimming
- Mountain climbing Climbing
- 碁 (gō) - Go Go (board game)
- 競走 (kyōsō) - race bullfight
- Horse racing Horses race
- Match Game/Event
- Exercise exercise
- Baseball baseball
- 釣り (tsuri) - fishing
- Track and field athletics
Terms Related to Sports in Japanese
In addition to sports names, we are going to share a list of vocabulary and terms that are related to the vast majority of sports:
- 選手 (senshu) - player
- チーム (chīmu) - team
- 試合 (shiai) - game/match
- 勝つ (katsu) - win
- 負ける (makeru) - lose
- スコア (sukōa) - scoreboard
- 引き分け (hikiwake) - a tie
- ホームラン (hōmuran) - home run
- スリーベース (surībēsu) - triple
- グランドスラム (gurandosuramu) - grand slam
- セーブ (sēbu) - save
- ゴール (gōru) - goal
- アシスト (ashisuto) - assistance
- パス (pasu) - pass
- シュート (shūto) - kick
- セット (setto) - set
- マッチ (matchi) - correspondência
- スイング (suingu) - balanço
- スイミング (suimingu) - swimming
- トレーニング (torēningu) - training
- 試験 (shiken) - test/exam
- 練習 (renshuu) - practice
- 練習試合 (renshuu shiai) - training game
- スタート (sutāto) - start
Martial Arts in Japanese
Martial Arts are also very popular sports in Japan, so we've separated them here. We also recommend reading our specific articles on martial arts below:
List of Japanese Martial Arts:
- Jūdō - judo
- 剣道 (kendō) - Japanese swordsmanship
- karate - karate
- 剣術 (kenjutsu) - traditional Japanese sword art
- 和武道 (wadō) - modern Japanese martial art
- 相撲 (sumō) - sumo wrestling
- 武道 (budō) - general Japanese martial art
- 居合道 (iaidō) – Japanese martial art of unsheathed sword
- 古武道 (kobudō) - ancient Japanese martial art
- 武者修行 (mushashugyō) – traditional Japanese martial training
- 忍術 (ninjutsu) - ninja spying techniques
- 忍者 (ninja) - Japanese spy or warrior
- 武士道 (bushidō) – code of conduct for Japanese warriors
- 合気道 (Aikidō) - Path of Harmonization
- 弓道 (Kyūdō) - Way of the Bow
- 武術 (Bujutsu) - Japanese Art of War Systems
- 小林流空手 (Shorin-Ryu Karate) – Small School Karate
- 居合道 (Iaidō) - Art of Drawing Your Sword
- 柔術 (Jiu-jitsu) - Art of Flexibility
- 武者修行 (mushashugyō) – traditional Japanese martial training
- 和武道 (wadō) - modern Japanese martial art
- 相撲 (sumō) - sumo wrestling
The article is still halfway through, but we recommend also reading:
Types of Diving in Japanese
There are so many sports categories that we need to make a list just for diving and water sports:
- Skydiving - scuba diving
- スキンダイビング (sukindivingu) - Skin diving scuba diving
- スキューバスイミング (sukyūbasuimingu) – free diving
- スキューバダイビング (sukyūba daibingu) - Scuba diving day dive
- オープンウォータースイミング (ōpunwōtāsuimingu) – open water swimming
- スキューバダイビング (sukyūbadivingu) – dive
- フライ (furai) - Fry backstroke
- バタフライ (batafurai) - Butterfly butterfly stroke
- シンクロナイズドスイミング (shinkuronazudosuimingu) – synchronized Swimming
